Hi friends, it's Keren from (@craftstampink) with you for a 'With 3 Things' challenge post.
This feature on the PaperArtsy Blog is where 3 bloggers are sent 3 items in the post. Typically we will receive a stamp, a stencil and a couple of Fresco Paints, and in 2025, everyone will receive identical products.
We have no clue what PaperArtsy HQ is going to send, the whole idea of this challenge is to do something crafty in our personal style with these 3 items. We are allowed to bring other PA products into the mix if we feel it is necessary.
So let's take a look at what I received from PA HQ (minus the felt and fabric)...
Today I have made a woven zipper pouch- let's take a closer look.
Here's how it came together..
Gather products that match in colour...giving Refresher vibes (anyone in the UK remember those?!).
Paint large pieces of fabric- the left is putting paint straight on the fabric, the right swipe is using watered down Frescos (roughly 2/3 paint, 1/3 water).
With only 2 colours, mixing them is the perfect way to get perfectly toning extra colours.
You can see my clean up piece of fabric- but the gorgeous stencil was too delicate to get a decent result as the paint was seeping under the stencil- maybe next time I should add spray adhesive on the stencil to stop that.
Whilst I waited for the fabric to dry on the washing line, I got to stamping. JOFY stamps are beautiful and of course stamp perfectly. I do like to over-stamp when using fabric, so a stamp press comes in pretty handy.
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Now to prepare some strips for weaving using a rotary cutter- just cut twice as wide as you need the strips to be.
To avoid raw edges, simply make them into bias strips all ready for weaving.
Adding double sided fabric adhesive to the reverse of the stamp images meant it would be easy to iron them on once the pouch was put together.
Ahh the weaving- my brain was not prepared for the struggle or effort! Firstly, prepare your weft- I found a large cardboard box and stuck pins into them.
This is where I nearly gave up. Once you've woven the diamonds (which are at a 30 degree angle to the weft), you then have to create the 'cube' pattern.
The brain strain was worth it- a wonderfully tactile piece of woven cloth.
To secure the weave, just add some stitching around the edges. Now I arranged the flowers-can anyone see a chicken? How I wished I'd seen it when creating it and would have made it look more 'chicken-y'! I stamped on acetate for the black outline flower.
I love the painted fabric- the Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints are just awesome. It was fun creating my own substrate and they're such happy colours to work with. Limited supplies really does encourage creative thinking. What is really exciting is the way that you can create nearly seamless blends on fabric.
We'd love to see your stamped fabric projects!
See you again soon,
Keren
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